As any competent student of literary composition knows, the more natural and casual a voice sounds in print, the more likely it is to have been edited time and again. (Albert Murray)

As any competent student of literary composition knows, the more natural and casual a voice sounds in print, the more likely it is to have been edited time and again.

Albert Murray

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